An organised crime gang which kidnapped a grandmother as part of a robbery plot is being hunted today.

Anne Curry, 58, was snatched from her home at Dromore, Co Down. She was discovered by police in a country lane a few miles away 24 hours later.

Detectives are seeking seven men who bound and gagged her and carried her off in her own car. Det Supt Derek Williamson said he believed the kidnap was an attempt to get money from a large business to which her husband was connected.